The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-09-16
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Fetching Manners Of Some Faaous womsn.
Sun Francisco Argonaut.
A woman's surest charm is her man
her. No one ever saw an old maid
who was hieh.bred, dashing, and di-
rect. She may be sweet and amlapIe,
but she lacks the peculiar charm Of
graciousness and insistence, else she
could never be an old maid. Mankind
wouldforbid it. On the train to New
port the otherday, q man and a four.
teen-year-old girl wandered through
the car looking for a seat that would
accommodate them both. None but.
half seats were n view. An agreeable
youth arose and insisted on giving up
his seat, and the girls escort said
"thanks" after the usual stolid fash
ion. But the girl turned toward the
stranger, leaned forward, ciasped her
little hands, beamed up directly into
his eyes, and said with the. softest and
most caressing tone in the world:
ooh, you're so very kind"
"Non-not at al1," stammered the
man, smiling at her responsibility.
Indeed you are" murmured the
girl, with q knowing and wise little
shake of her head.
The man strobe on with q long
drawn breath and his eyes very wide
open, while the girl cuddled up beside
her brother, put her head on his shout.
der, after smiling up into his face, and
went gently OFF to sleep. Every face
in the a wore q more human expires.
sion, and half the passengers beamed
on the child fondly. She was not
beautiful. but her manner vas as CRATE.
full rs Il shower on a sultry day in Au,
gust day. II she isn't married before
her twentieth year, signs go wrongand
the worlds turned inside out.
Isaw Blanche Roosevelt lift a man
from a dusty business street into q
half heaven of gratitied complacency
once by q few words and q soft and
mellow look from her big blue eyes,
1t was on Park Row. and she had Just
stepped into her carriage when a stur'
dy young fellow saw an old woman
pause and stagger in front of a team
OF horses. She was on crutches. We
all saw her. There was no real dan.
ger. No one moved for q moment,
and We stood staring at her with the
stolidity born of the muggy heat, when
the sturdy young ran jumped for.
ward, took her in his arms, and car.
ried her quietlytto the walk. Then he
colored, and looked ashamed. The
woman thanked him awkwardly, with
a trembling lip, and he nodded hal
surlily and started on, but before he
had gone a dozen steps Blanche Roose
welt jumped from the carriage NEARLY
bowling me over thereby-and run.
ming up to the red.faced youth seized
one OF his hands and gave it al &c
static little squeeze. He turned and
found a woman's face lookinginto his
1t was a wonderfully expressive face
The eyes spoke volumes. He looked
into them and seemed transfixed
Miss Roosevelt smiled, and said, in 6
soft voice, as though whispering to 8
baby:
You're a good fellow, you area
good fellow"
Then she dashed back into the car
riage, while the mans chest swelleG
out. and he stood looking after her
breathing in veritable gulps.
"He'll be aghast with delight for q
week." l said as / closed the carriage
door.
"Do you know what he ISL" sale
the girl, peeping back at him as he
stood peering hotly after her. "He's
q hero-if he does turn in his toes"
Ellen Terry owes her fetching quail
ties to her wonderful manner. Hel
manner endeared her to q score O
men the first day that she came to
America. A small party went dowl
the bay to meet Irving and Terry OF
Washington Connor's yacht. Irwin.
came down the gang-plank with I'M
ruffled dignity OF bearing, and afte'
he had taken up a position on thu
lee OF the pilot-house-it was BLOWN!
a little fresh, | remember-Miss TER,
romped down like a schoolgirl, waved
a saucy adieu to her acquaintance!
on the STEAMER, and, after swingin,
around the boat q bit, doubled her
i Self up on q big coil OF rope in a fash
ion that defied description, and began
to talk. She had doubled up both o
her feet under her and was twisted in
to just such a pose as We have al
seen graceful children fall into whel
romping on the floor, and wondered
how they could possibly do it. Mis-
Terry bestowed Il direct look and
personal smile ON every man in tn,
group on the. trip up the harbor, ant
it was a group OF devoted slaves b.
the time the yacht reached the wharf
She owed it to her manner, for sh
was not becomingly clad.
One day q youth of great franknes
and good humor was introduced tt
Mrs Langtry. He looked into tn
cool depths OF her clear gray eyes TO
a moment, and then said;
"You had a tremendous effect OF
me the first tims l saw you, Mrs
Langtry."
Ibid II" said the Lily unsteady.
Overwhelming. l was strollin
down town on q very clear ant
snappy November day two year
ago, Eliminating on the chances OF TIL
stock market, when Iglanced up sud
denly and met your eyes. They wer
looking directly into mine. You wor
q green velvet gown and your cheek
were red from the brisk breeze.
halted involuntarily and gazed thou
sand miles. into your eyes, and the1
pulled myself together, and made al
awkward apology for my rudeness
! didn't know anything during til
next ten minutes, but when I came to
l was about hall a mile beyond, an,
thrashing ahead in a style that woul,
have dismayed an express train.
was almost on a run. and l swep
people ASIDE as though they were s
much chaf'-he stopped half breath
lessly, and then added: "I'm rushin
ahead rather fast now, eh?"
"Rawther," SAID the Lilly amusedly
"Well, my object in telling yo'
about it is to apologize for staring a
you so hard"
II remember the incident very we'll,
said Mrs. Langtry, "snd it doesn'
require an apology ut all. Wome
adore such afff6nts as that"
She kept smiling at the man as sh
talk ed with such an air OF thoroug
good nature and good fellowship, tina
she reduced HIM in a t%winkling to tn
same extraordinary condition tina
had characterized him when he mad
TIN. RIM after he had Looked q thon,